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senate for three decades has died. arlen specter passed away this morning. republican sided with barack obama stimulus man. became a democrat in 2010. he died this morning. he was 82 years of age. >> now, your voice and your vote. a little more than three weeks until the election. on tuesday the candidates will scare off in their second face to face debate. the stakes are higher for the president who lost ground after their first face-off. karen travers shows us how the candidates are preparing. >> the contenders are gearing up for round. two romney is pressing for the debate in boston and the president is in williamsburg, virginia. >> it is going great. >> next showdown will be a townhall. the questions will come from the audience. democrats said president obama was too pass have any the first debate. campaign says that won't happen again. >> nobody is harsher critic than the president is of himself. i think he'll make adjustments on tuesday. >> rob portman has been romney's debate partner. >> she is going to come out swinging. he will have to compensate fo
senate for three decades has died. arlen specter passed away this morning. republican sided with barack obama stimulus man. became a democrat in 2010. he died this morning. he was 82 years of age. >> now, your voice and your vote. a little more than three weeks until the election. on tuesday the candidates will scare off in their second face to face debate. the stakes are higher for the president who lost ground after their first face-off. karen travers shows us how the candidates are...
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preparing for tuesday's town hall and he's been sparring with obama, ohio senator rob portman, who on saturday predicted their work would pay off. >> i was proud of paul ryan the other night, so proud of mitt romney and folks we will have another great debate next week. >> some say romney conducted a few practice town halles with swing state voters. >> now with, this time around those candidates will also have to spend a lot of time on foreign policy. that will likely be a big topic of conversation during the town hall and again during the third debate which will focus on that subject. left smer. >> kristin, thank you. >>> david, good morning, good to see you. >> good morning, lester. >> let's talk about the upcoming debate. i'm wondering if vice president biden made it more difficult for the froze have a come back. and i wonder if mitt romney set a pretty high bar for himself in the last one. >> mitt romney has to sustain what he has, not just on style, but on substance, and do the things he did effectively in the first debate. the vice president was so aggressive and over the top in
preparing for tuesday's town hall and he's been sparring with obama, ohio senator rob portman, who on saturday predicted their work would pay off. >> i was proud of paul ryan the other night, so proud of mitt romney and folks we will have another great debate next week. >> some say romney conducted a few practice town halles with swing state voters. >> now with, this time around those candidates will also have to spend a lot of time on foreign policy. that will likely be a big...
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senator obama? >> well, oliver, first, let me tell you what's in the rescue package for you. right now, the credit markets are frozen up and what that means, as a practical matter, is that small businesses and some large businesses just can't get loans. if they can't get a loan, that means that they can't make payroll. if they can't make payroll, then they may end up having to shut their doors and lay people off. and if you imagine just one company trying to deal with that, now imagine a million companies all across the country. so it could end up having an adverse effect on everybody, and that's why we had to take action. but we shouldn't have been there in the first place. now, i've got to correct a little bit of senator mccain's history, not surprisingly. let's, first of all, understand that the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system. senator mccain, as recently as march, bragged about the fact that he is a deregulator. on the other hand, two years ago,
senator obama? >> well, oliver, first, let me tell you what's in the rescue package for you. right now, the credit markets are frozen up and what that means, as a practical matter, is that small businesses and some large businesses just can't get loans. if they can't get a loan, that means that they can't make payroll. if they can't make payroll, then they may end up having to shut their doors and lay people off. and if you imagine just one company trying to deal with that, now imagine a...
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senator obama? well, oliver, first let me tell you what's in the rescue package for you. right now, the credit markets are frozen up and what that means as a practical matter is that small businesses and some large businesses just can't get loans. if they can't get a loan, that means that they can't make payroll. if they can't make payroll, then they may end up having to shut their doors and lay people off. and if you imagine just one company trying to deal with that, now imagine a million companies all across the country. so it could end up having an adverse effect on everybody, and that's why we had to take action. but we shouldn't have been there in the first place. now, i've got to correct a little bit of senator mccain's history, not surprisingly. let's, first of all, understand that the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system. senator mccain, as recently as march, bragged about the fact that he is a deregulator. on the other hand, two years ago, i sai
senator obama? well, oliver, first let me tell you what's in the rescue package for you. right now, the credit markets are frozen up and what that means as a practical matter is that small businesses and some large businesses just can't get loans. if they can't get a loan, that means that they can't make payroll. if they can't make payroll, then they may end up having to shut their doors and lay people off. and if you imagine just one company trying to deal with that, now imagine a million...
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of mitt romney and i guess senator portman watching in a hotel suite tonight. president obama was in the air on air force one for part of this tonight. how does this change prep for tuesday? >> well, i think we'll see certainly a more aggressive president obama. i think the interesting thing about it, we all kind of agree that this was probably a draw, which just draws attention to the fact of how rare it was last week when you had such a lopsided victory that everyone saw almost immediately and the president himself had to finally acknowledge. and then the question is if you have a draw, then who really wins ultimately? and you could say the republicans do because they're the ones who came in with momentum. but vice president biden was out there to stir up the base, to fire up the base. and if that was his objective tonight, he probably accomplished that. >> and tom brokaw, one of the elephants in the room, of course, is the business of moderating. a lot of talk about the job jim lehrer did. i think it will be mutually agreed that martha raddatz did a good job
of mitt romney and i guess senator portman watching in a hotel suite tonight. president obama was in the air on air force one for part of this tonight. how does this change prep for tuesday? >> well, i think we'll see certainly a more aggressive president obama. i think the interesting thing about it, we all kind of agree that this was probably a draw, which just draws attention to the fact of how rare it was last week when you had such a lopsided victory that everyone saw almost...
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a democratic senate d republican house encys that obama extends the tax cuts. gerri: i'm not se everybody is sanguine. mitt romney's been called a liar for the ideas on taxation and taxes. he wants to cut taxes 20% across the board for everybody, the poor, th wealthy, the people in between. can you do that and get rid of breaks in the tax code for wealthy people and come out with anything like a balanced budget? >> well, two things. yes, you can bring in the same amount of revenue with tax form, but, remember, republicans beeve if you do marginal tax rates, you actually get more growth. when reagan cut tax rates, he added 10 million more people not work rolls than obama's spend more approach. put 10 million people to work, take in reagan's approach to the recession would have jobs, that's a lot of revenue coming to the government and growth as a result. yes, romney's proposal, cut marginalax rates and reign in spending is what reagan did and it's what created rral jobs. we know obama's plan has not woed. gerri: requires a lot of growth and job making in the eco
a democratic senate d republican house encys that obama extends the tax cuts. gerri: i'm not se everybody is sanguine. mitt romney's been called a liar for the ideas on taxation and taxes. he wants to cut taxes 20% across the board for everybody, the poor, th wealthy, the people in between. can you do that and get rid of breaks in the tax code for wealthy people and come out with anything like a balanced budget? >> well, two things. yes, you can bring in the same amount of revenue with...
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>> well, i think it's very true when you look at some of the senate races, particularly in democratic leaning states like massachusetts and connecticut. president obama being on the ballot will significantly help elizabeth warren and congressman murphy there. when you look at the house, though, the democrats would need to win 25 seats in order to regain it. that number i would actually equate to about 35 due to redistricting and different types of retirement and that number is very difficult. the one way in which you would have seen any movement there is perhaps this was a wave election but all the data indicates it's not, more of a turn out the base, fight over independent election like you saw in 2004. even had mitt romney -- one scenario i've talked about with republicans today, had mitt romney not done well at the debate last week and folks had seen the writing on the wall that perhaps this candidacy was doomed they would have done a bob dole 1996 strategy and doubled down on races in the house and senate and put resources there. romney on the uptick they won't do that. they think
>> well, i think it's very true when you look at some of the senate races, particularly in democratic leaning states like massachusetts and connecticut. president obama being on the ballot will significantly help elizabeth warren and congressman murphy there. when you look at the house, though, the democrats would need to win 25 seats in order to regain it. that number i would actually equate to about 35 due to redistricting and different types of retirement and that number is very...
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. >> president obama's going to come out swinging. i think he's going to have to compensate for a poor first debate. >> reporter: the town hall format could prevent challenges. neither candidate has held many events like this. >> both candidates have to tread lightly because if they're going on the offense too aggressively with each other, that can spill over to the audience and make them look too combative. >> reporter: for the president that means getting aggressive could be a tricky balancing act. romney need to reach out to the audience and voters watching at home. >> conventional wisdom is that governor romney isn't as good at connecting with the voters as the president might be. we'll see how he handles the dimension in the debates. >> reporter: karen travers, abc news, washington. >> wow. so the president has to make up for lost ground from the debate. meanwhile polls nationally and in swing states are tightening up. there's a lot on the line. the piece made a good point. whether the town hall format lends itself to an aggressi
. >> president obama's going to come out swinging. i think he's going to have to compensate for a poor first debate. >> reporter: the town hall format could prevent challenges. neither candidate has held many events like this. >> both candidates have to tread lightly because if they're going on the offense too aggressively with each other, that can spill over to the audience and make them look too combative. >> reporter: for the president that means getting aggressive...
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a new poll showing mitt romney leading president obama and talk about that with senator john mccain in a couple of minutes. peter al a aal alexander is on campaign trail. >> reporter: this race is tightening with four weeks to go. on monday, mitt romney trying to present himself as a plausible commander in chief attacked the president saying the middle east has become a more dangerous place since president obama took office. the latest pit stop in president obama's effort to reach fund-raising goal of $1 billion, san francisco. >> we cannot afford to be complacent and we cannot afford to be cynical. we got to look back at the progress we have made and that should give us confidence. but we have to understand we have got a lot more to do. >> reporter: in virginia, a reinvigorated mitt romney may have been singing in the rain. a downpour. >> people wonder why it is i'm so confident we're going to win. i'm confident because i see you here on a day like this. this is unbelievable. thank you very much. >> reporter: romney may have good reason for new confidence passing out mcdonald's to rep
a new poll showing mitt romney leading president obama and talk about that with senator john mccain in a couple of minutes. peter al a aal alexander is on campaign trail. >> reporter: this race is tightening with four weeks to go. on monday, mitt romney trying to present himself as a plausible commander in chief attacked the president saying the middle east has become a more dangerous place since president obama took office. the latest pit stop in president obama's effort to reach...
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a long-time senator first elected in 1980 has died. former pennsylvania senator arlen specter died sunday at his home in philadelphia from complications of non-hodgkin's lymphoma. the moderate republican made headlines in 2009 when he announced he was switching to the democratic party. specter was 82 years old. his funeral is tomorrow in pennsylvania. >>> time to check the forecast right now with meteorologist christina loren. a foggy start across the bay area. >> yeah. certainly enough fog so give yourself some extra time so you reach your destination safely. temperatures this morning are running cool of t. we're in the 50s. we've got really deep pockets of fog from the north bay down into your south bay and east bay interior valleys. but by noon, complete sunshine over the greater bay area. that's going to bring your numbers up into the middle 80s inland, upper 70s bayside and upper 60s at the coast. >>> there was an earlier accident west 80 that has moved off of the roadway but we have all that slowing coming off of the carquinez br
a long-time senator first elected in 1980 has died. former pennsylvania senator arlen specter died sunday at his home in philadelphia from complications of non-hodgkin's lymphoma. the moderate republican made headlines in 2009 when he announced he was switching to the democratic party. specter was 82 years old. his funeral is tomorrow in pennsylvania. >>> time to check the forecast right now with meteorologist christina loren. a foggy start across the bay area. >> yeah. certainly...
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-- then senator obama and senator mccain. tonight, of course, biden will be facing off against ryan. we'll see if there's as much interest on the part of the public but certainly on the part of the campaign there is intense interest. biden has to reverse the slide of support that has occurred since president obama's lackluster performance when he faced off against mitt romney in the first debate. and ryan will be trying to make sure he doesn't go off message that he maintains a very strict discipline with respect to mitt romney's positions. ryan of course has put forth some budgetary proposals that romney has said listen, i'm the guy in charge, i'm going to be the one who will make sure that the policies that are in place will be my policies. so ryan is going to have to make sure he is in sync with romney. but all in all, you know, romney has the momentum now and we'll see how it turns out tonight. >> you talked about the strategy. we are watching the presidential debate and there weren't too many sparks flying in that debate
-- then senator obama and senator mccain. tonight, of course, biden will be facing off against ryan. we'll see if there's as much interest on the part of the public but certainly on the part of the campaign there is intense interest. biden has to reverse the slide of support that has occurred since president obama's lackluster performance when he faced off against mitt romney in the first debate. and ryan will be trying to make sure he doesn't go off message that he maintains a very strict...
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both candidates spend another day behind closed doors, sparring with their practice partner, senator rob portman the one competing as barack obama for the sake of mitt romney, and john kerry from massachusetts playing the role of romney for the president. win or lose, the president is looking ahead to post debate. he will have bill clinton and bruce springsteen campaigning on his behalf this thursday in ohio. >> peter alexander in washington. tom brokaw, nbc news special correspondent, chuck todd, nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> chuck, we'll start with you. you've seen the polls nationally tight, romney leading. this is an election that will be decided state by state. how close is the race now? >> the first debate did sort of shift things. at first you had a lot of democrats that were trying to appease themselves by saying oh, all the movement in the polls is a bunch of soft republicans that quote, unquote come home to mitt romney, he shows life and all of this, but i have to say the numbers i've seen and in
both candidates spend another day behind closed doors, sparring with their practice partner, senator rob portman the one competing as barack obama for the sake of mitt romney, and john kerry from massachusetts playing the role of romney for the president. win or lose, the president is looking ahead to post debate. he will have bill clinton and bruce springsteen campaigning on his behalf this thursday in ohio. >> peter alexander in washington. tom brokaw, nbc news special correspondent,...
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in a statement president obama called specter fiercely independent. never putting party or ideology ahead of the people he was chosen to serve. he died sunday at his noem philadelphia of nonhodgkin's lympho lymphoma. he was 82 years old. >> announcer: brought to you by ups. let ups put logistics to work for you. a text alert, reroute... even reschedule her package. it's ups my choice. are you happy? i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. happy. happy. happy. happy. (together) happy. i love logistics. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand what medicare is all about. and which aarp medicare supplement plan works best for
in a statement president obama called specter fiercely independent. never putting party or ideology ahead of the people he was chosen to serve. he died sunday at his noem philadelphia of nonhodgkin's lympho lymphoma. he was 82 years old. >> announcer: brought to you by ups. let ups put logistics to work for you. a text alert, reroute... even reschedule her package. it's ups my choice. are you happy? i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. happy. happy. happy. happy....
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first lady michelle obama opens up on the dance between family and politics and raising kids in the spotlight. plus we go inside general motors top secret testing grounds where secret testing grounds where the cars are c >> senator boxer wants the feds to investigate the recent increase in gas prices. she says supply is fine and gas shouldn't be at record high in california. locally triple a praises are up again since friday from 4.64 in santa rosa to 4.73 in san francisco. winter blend gasoline will be sold early to increase supply. expected to bring down prices. although it could have an impact on pollution. >>> now if you are lacking to find the cheapest gas in your neighborhood, we have some tips for you. sgrous to our web site. you will find the best deals in your neighborhood. find the link at the top of our home page. >> number of people in calistoga forced from their homes tomorrow. bomb squad plans to destroy a supply of medical eevter. highly explosive substance found at the calistoga fairground today. now it's too dangerous to transport. bomb squad will december detroit on the spot
first lady michelle obama opens up on the dance between family and politics and raising kids in the spotlight. plus we go inside general motors top secret testing grounds where secret testing grounds where the cars are c >> senator boxer wants the feds to investigate the recent increase in gas prices. she says supply is fine and gas shouldn't be at record high in california. locally triple a praises are up again since friday from 4.64 in santa rosa to 4.73 in san francisco. winter blend...
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president obama called spector a fighter. >>> democratic leader nancy pelosi released a statement after spector's death. it read in part -- senator specter offered a voice of reason and passion in every debate. always willing to reach across the aisle. >>> after a long slow and very difficult trek through los angeles the space shuttle endeavour reached its final destination today. the shuttle ended its journey at the california science center about 17 hours late. it left l.a.x. back on friday. averaging just about two-miles- an-hour through the streets of l. a. about 400 trees had to be removed along the route to make room for the shuttle. thousands of people came to watch the shuttle's progress throughout the weekend. the mayor says he is jubilant that the trip is over. >> nothing like this has ever been attempted before and nothing like this will ever be attempted again. this is a once in a lifetime event. >> reporter: the east bay company serin led the logistics from making the move. >>> and the one thing on felix baumgartner's mind when he plummeted to earth at more than 800 miles p
president obama called spector a fighter. >>> democratic leader nancy pelosi released a statement after spector's death. it read in part -- senator specter offered a voice of reason and passion in every debate. always willing to reach across the aisle. >>> after a long slow and very difficult trek through los angeles the space shuttle endeavour reached its final destination today. the shuttle ended its journey at the california science center about 17 hours late. it left...
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the pennsylvania centrist spent 30 years in the senate. >>> president obama and mitt romney are both off the campaign trail preparing for tuesday's second presidential debate. and extreme athlete felix baumgartner has become the first sky diver to break the sound barrier. he survived a jump from the edge of space traveling 24 miles to earth. back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. the history of sky diving dates back to 1485 when leonardo da vinci sketched the first blueprints for a parachute. these days, hundreds of thousands of people jump from high places and planes every year, deploying parachutes to bring them safely back to earth. according to the united states parachute association, the likelihood of a fatal crash is roughly 1 in 140,000. and the sky diver you're about to see escapes that fate by the skin of his teeth. an experienced sky diver is sailing down to earth at 45 miles per hour. like he's done more than 300 times before. but this time, something goes horribly wrong. >> are you okay? >> i've been in other situations wh
the pennsylvania centrist spent 30 years in the senate. >>> president obama and mitt romney are both off the campaign trail preparing for tuesday's second presidential debate. and extreme athlete felix baumgartner has become the first sky diver to break the sound barrier. he survived a jump from the edge of space traveling 24 miles to earth. back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. the history of sky diving...
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one person who was close to him said he got the sense that senator obama really wondered if he would be able to continue in politics. >> narrator: and it raised real problems with his wife michelle. >> the bobby rush race was the nadir of the obama marriage. her feeling was, "why are you doing this?" this is the moment when they want two totally different things. you know, barack obama wants political success, and his wife wants a normal life. i asked the president and first lady how long it had taken them to recover from that period, and they said two to three years. so this is a serious toll on their relationship. >> narrator: for mitt romney, growing up in this affluent suburban detroit neighborhood was just about perfect. >> mitt romney did have this rather elite upbringing. a very wealthy community. he is, you know, very well taken care of. >> narrator: mitt was the youngest of four children. >> these are people who just adored their children. and you could see that mitt and his dad had a very special bond. >> the dad stuff just can't be underestimated. george romney comes up ag
one person who was close to him said he got the sense that senator obama really wondered if he would be able to continue in politics. >> narrator: and it raised real problems with his wife michelle. >> the bobby rush race was the nadir of the obama marriage. her feeling was, "why are you doing this?" this is the moment when they want two totally different things. you know, barack obama wants political success, and his wife wants a normal life. i asked the president and...
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i think, senate, do you fall in line with this? senator mccain said no. he believes the numbers are what they are; however, the drum beat of questioning it, will, is something the obama campaign has to answer and that is trying to put each side on the defense of saying what they thought was an advantage. >> and thank you for checking in to that. a lot of folks were talking about that and he does not pull punches. i think he got a good answer from him. thank you, tom fitzgerald. >>> our coverage includes you at home. we want to hear from you as you approach elect day. use the hash tag fox 5 d.c. you decide and tweet your thoughts about the candidate, issues, the election and more as we countdown to november. >>> and now to the weather, below average temperatures gripping the region. gary mccready -- gary mcgrady is in the weather center. i turned the heat on and it was too cold now. >> me, too. this morning. >> yes. >> and we are wimpy. >>you look 80s, right in. >> yes. >> and let me tell you something. you think it's coal mere, we're looking -- here, we'r
i think, senate, do you fall in line with this? senator mccain said no. he believes the numbers are what they are; however, the drum beat of questioning it, will, is something the obama campaign has to answer and that is trying to put each side on the defense of saying what they thought was an advantage. >> and thank you for checking in to that. a lot of folks were talking about that and he does not pull punches. i think he got a good answer from him. thank you, tom fitzgerald....
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i was reading a review of the 2008 town hall debate barack obama had with senator john mccain at the time. they said he was dispassionate, he ambled when he chose his words. sound familiar? so i will say this, i agree with lz, the town hall format lowers the ball. i don't think people like head to head as much. it's more about connecting with people. >> that was tom brokaw's debate in 2008. he talked about doing a town hall debate this morning on "meet the press" and he said it was very tough. he said something like, i'm paraphrasing, my condolences to candy, because it's a tough debate to do. let's talk about joe biden for a minute and go back to last week's debate. we knew "saturday night live" would have some fun. take a look. >> first of all, i want to thank center college for hosting us this evening. >> oh, boy, here we go. >> four years ago, president obama made a promise. [ laughter ] >> that he would bring down unemployment below 6%. >> oh, this guy. i mean. >> that's funny. and i have to say, do you think this will be old news by tuesday, lz? >> well, it's old news now. once
i was reading a review of the 2008 town hall debate barack obama had with senator john mccain at the time. they said he was dispassionate, he ambled when he chose his words. sound familiar? so i will say this, i agree with lz, the town hall format lowers the ball. i don't think people like head to head as much. it's more about connecting with people. >> that was tom brokaw's debate in 2008. he talked about doing a town hall debate this morning on "meet the press" and he said it...
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senator obama likes to talk loudly. >> senator mccain, this is the guy who sang, bomb, bomb, bomb iran. who called for the annihilation of north korea. >> all right. it's a delicate line you've got to -- these candidates will have to walk next week with a live studio audience right near them. >> sure. it just changes the vibe completely. because you know and i know that they don't have any problem kind of challenging you, challenging a reporter, somebody that they're familiar with, you know. they can be really tough on you and say, hey, that's not true. they don't have a problem shouting you down. when you have a bunch of undecided voters watching you, first of all, you can't be too hot, can't be too aggressive. that vibe is bad in the room. second of all, there's all the theatrics of it for them, which is kind of the, you have to talk to them and seem you're relating to them. i think it adds a whole other level of performance, if you will, to what they're saying. and it's also very hard to evade a question that comes from a town hall person. and the nice thing will be if the town hall
senator obama likes to talk loudly. >> senator mccain, this is the guy who sang, bomb, bomb, bomb iran. who called for the annihilation of north korea. >> all right. it's a delicate line you've got to -- these candidates will have to walk next week with a live studio audience right near them. >> sure. it just changes the vibe completely. because you know and i know that they don't have any problem kind of challenging you, challenging a reporter, somebody that they're familiar...
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obama campaign surrogate, senator dick durbin, thanks for being with us. >> sure. good to be with you. >> appreciate that. the headline is did obama just throw the entire election away? and it gets worse from there. tell me a little bit about if you think, in fact, that this polling you're seeing -- the polling is literally due to what happened that night in the debate. >> we always said it would be a close election. i believe it will be. disappointed, of course, with the debate. believe the president understands his challenge now. he was shocked and surprised. many of us were. mitt romney came on that set at the first debate and said things which completely contradicted what he said in the campaign befo before. i think it caught the prz a little bit by surprise. he won't be surprised again. >> you cannot tell me that his poor debate performance was he was sitting there, stunned in front of the american public as opposed to presenting his side of the argument. people have talked a little bit about the air, pressure from the high altitude. >> high altitude. >> peopl
obama campaign surrogate, senator dick durbin, thanks for being with us. >> sure. good to be with you. >> appreciate that. the headline is did obama just throw the entire election away? and it gets worse from there. tell me a little bit about if you think, in fact, that this polling you're seeing -- the polling is literally due to what happened that night in the debate. >> we always said it would be a close election. i believe it will be. disappointed, of course, with the...
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, to his three decades of service in the senate, arlen was fiercely independent, never putting party or ideology ahead of the people he was chosen to serve. pretrial hearings are under way in italy for the captain of the costa concardia. the cruise ship ran aground in january killing 30 people. the canton faces manslaughter charges. he is also accused of abandoning ship. at one point the italian coast guard ordered him to get back on board. black box data from the ship's bridge is expected to be revealed for the first time during this week's hearings. >>> the detroit tigers are feeling pretty good about their world series chances. they are halfway there after beating the yankees 3-0 in the bronx to go 2-0 in the american league championship series. game three is tomorrow night in detroit. with the tigers ace justin verlander on the mound. the st. louis cardinals jumped on top with a 6-4 win in game one of tat series against the giants. game two is tonight in san francisco. the cardinals are white hot right now. >>> meanwhile, while the world awaits tomorrow night's second presidentia
, to his three decades of service in the senate, arlen was fiercely independent, never putting party or ideology ahead of the people he was chosen to serve. pretrial hearings are under way in italy for the captain of the costa concardia. the cruise ship ran aground in january killing 30 people. the canton faces manslaughter charges. he is also accused of abandoning ship. at one point the italian coast guard ordered him to get back on board. black box data from the ship's bridge is expected to...
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ohio senator robb portman is playing the role of president obama during romney's debate prep. >> president obama will come out swipging. i think he will have to compensate for a poor first debate. >> reporter: mitt romney's performance in the first debate impacted the race. his favorability numbers among voters jumped and the polls tightened. a new national poll shows the race is effectively a tie with the president just one point ahead of romney. the republican nominee is also gaining ground in the battleground states. >> expectations are higher for him in this debate than the first debate. he has to come out maintaining the momentum he had in the first debate. >> reporter: questions from the audience, it will abtown hall -- be a town hall format. something the president is familiar with. he's held more than 50 down halls during his time in office. susan mcginns in, cbs news, washington. >> tomorrow's debate could have an impact on the presidential race. right now voting is under way in 43 states. either by absentee ballot or in person early voting. >>> coming up on 9news now at noon, the
ohio senator robb portman is playing the role of president obama during romney's debate prep. >> president obama will come out swipging. i think he will have to compensate for a poor first debate. >> reporter: mitt romney's performance in the first debate impacted the race. his favorability numbers among voters jumped and the polls tightened. a new national poll shows the race is effectively a tie with the president just one point ahead of romney. the republican nominee is also...
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for most 30 years in the senate he was a republican, but he supported president obama stimulus bill in 2009 lost the support of his party. that is when he became a democrat. >> i admired that he never gave up and fought to find the center ground. >> he always said what he wanted. he was a great politician. >> president obama issued a statement praising him as a man whose personal battle against cancer inspired many others. we have manat -- on arlen specter's light on our website wjla.com including a photo gallery with his life and pictures from our partners at politico. >> with the clock ticking down to tuesday's presidential debate, aides president obama promise he will be more aggressive as he faces mitt romney. polls show romney was the clear winner in the last debate. the president is in williamsburg virginia, and romney is in massachusetts. be sure to stay with abc 7 complete coverage of the second presidential debate. we will bring it to you live on c-spanstarting at 9:00 p.m.. >> the number of people affected by the meningitis outbreak has reached 235. the death toll stands at 1
for most 30 years in the senate he was a republican, but he supported president obama stimulus bill in 2009 lost the support of his party. that is when he became a democrat. >> i admired that he never gave up and fought to find the center ground. >> he always said what he wanted. he was a great politician. >> president obama issued a statement praising him as a man whose personal battle against cancer inspired many others. we have manat -- on arlen specter's light on our...
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and the governance of our democracy. >> reporter: arlen specter was 82. >>> president obama released a statement honoring the late senator for "never putting party or ideology ahead of the people he was chosen to serve." >>> still ahead this morning on "way too early," an umpire admits he made a terrible call in the yankee game last night. but that umpire is not the one swinging the bats for the suddenly hapless bombers. >>> and the day in the nfl all ahead in sports. >>> and the man who free fell from outer space for nearly 120,000 feet and broke the sound barrier before deploying that chute and falling safely to earth. his incredible story, and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. ♪ >> a balloon, shaped like a flying saucer drifting high over the skies of colorado at the mercy of the wind. >> this thing is motoring along. >> disrupting the airspace was bad enough, but authorities were told on board that contraption was a 6-year-old boy. [ male announcer ] sheets or bar, how do you get your bounce? i'm a sheets girl, but i don't just put'em in the dryer to fre
and the governance of our democracy. >> reporter: arlen specter was 82. >>> president obama released a statement honoring the late senator for "never putting party or ideology ahead of the people he was chosen to serve." >>> still ahead this morning on "way too early," an umpire admits he made a terrible call in the yankee game last night. but that umpire is not the one swinging the bats for the suddenly hapless bombers. >>> and the day in...
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senator bark obama voted against it now he later voted for it. he was against it before he was for it it was a problem with things like that because you have a voting record. and the newest attack adagainst mitt romney. >> i am richard hays. and residents do come out and shake their hand sometimes they give he doesn't realize the service i provide i am 55 and 60 years old. and romney doesn't care about that. >> and of all of the ridiculous political adi ever seen in my life. i think this ranks right up in the top. mitt romney doesn't deserve to be president because he doesn't girlfriend his trash man a hug. more than anything else. that is what i want in a president. one who hugs the trash man. first of all people who pick up the trash do a good and important job and work hard. a job most of the us wouldn't want to do, but it doesn't mean that it is typical that we go out and hug them. seriously have you gone out and hug would your trash man. okay you can't be president either. i am waying to see the president obama to come out when trash came ou
senator bark obama voted against it now he later voted for it. he was against it before he was for it it was a problem with things like that because you have a voting record. and the newest attack adagainst mitt romney. >> i am richard hays. and residents do come out and shake their hand sometimes they give he doesn't realize the service i provide i am 55 and 60 years old. and romney doesn't care about that. >> and of all of the ridiculous political adi ever seen in my life. i think...
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and he's invoking the memory of the deadly 1992 los angeles riots. >> senator obama today says the bush admin stray has done nothing to diffuse what he calls a quiet riot, a riot he suggests is ready to erupt. >> so was this legitimate news in 2012. >> joining me now, dana milbank, columnist of "the washington post" and amy holmes. dana milbank, what did you make of this? >> i suppose if i had a marginal scoop i'd present as a sizzling hot scoop too. if you can get drudge go after it, all the better. you get many more clicks for that. but i think we reacted to this the way stock remarks to information. yeah, there was something marginally new but it didn't fundamentally change something we new about the president or the story. it wasn't really relevant at the moment. this week was all about debates and unemployment. it just didn't seem to fit in. yeah, it got out there. >> amy holmes, has obama's speech received moderate coverage at the time and this time around covered as a media story and disappeared. did this story fizzle? >> i think it did and it's unfortunate. it fizzled because it
and he's invoking the memory of the deadly 1992 los angeles riots. >> senator obama today says the bush admin stray has done nothing to diffuse what he calls a quiet riot, a riot he suggests is ready to erupt. >> so was this legitimate news in 2012. >> joining me now, dana milbank, columnist of "the washington post" and amy holmes. dana milbank, what did you make of this? >> i suppose if i had a marginal scoop i'd present as a sizzling hot scoop too. if you can...
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we have barack obama back in the white house, democrats are holding the senate, and republicans holding the house. can you outline what you would like to happen? the thing that would be the easiest if we had republicans in the senate and in the white house as well? and especially with the divided government we have had? how come to get things done in washington? we have not been able to get things done in the last four years. >> the reality will face us because of the things you have been talking about. we are either in making a big deal or we are not. we are either getting the debt limit extended or not. those issues are going to bring people to a fundamental reality that might be the same structure, but i hope not. it is not the same time. you can either fix it or live with it. >> if we have the same make up the we have, positions would come to january and thinking that doing a deal -- the tax code, regulation, energy, immigration, issues that all of you believe should be fixed. >> we have a lot of committees. >> assuming that there is a bipartisan committee in washington. >> yeah cha
we have barack obama back in the white house, democrats are holding the senate, and republicans holding the house. can you outline what you would like to happen? the thing that would be the easiest if we had republicans in the senate and in the white house as well? and especially with the divided government we have had? how come to get things done in washington? we have not been able to get things done in the last four years. >> the reality will face us because of the things you have been...
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he was a gift to the obamas from senator ted kennedy and his wife. mrs. obama has said that bo is a son to her and he is the smartest dog on the planet. she sent out a tweet yesterday that suggested bo is getting a party to celebrate his day. >> happy birthday, bo! >>> caught on tape, the puppy stolen from a store that are worth more than $4,000. >>> and we all use the like >>> online shopping could soon be as easy as logging on to facebook. >> the social network giant is he is thing a feature called collections. it allows users to find items they want and click on a special want button. people can see the wanted items and will be able to go to those online stores to buy them. so far facebook is working with seven retailers on this new venture including pottery barn and victoria's secret. >> an easy way to shop. >>> time to check out the daily deals. >> first up on living social. a half price deal on food and drink in gaithersburg. you spend $10 and you get $20 to spend at coal fire. it features pizza made with home made dough and features three original
he was a gift to the obamas from senator ted kennedy and his wife. mrs. obama has said that bo is a son to her and he is the smartest dog on the planet. she sent out a tweet yesterday that suggested bo is getting a party to celebrate his day. >> happy birthday, bo! >>> caught on tape, the puppy stolen from a store that are worth more than $4,000. >>> and we all use the like >>> online shopping could soon be as easy as logging on to facebook. >> the social...